Tag: Labor economy
EXPLAINER: Can Biden add energy jobs? Hope mixes with doubt
NEW YORK — Good-paying jobs — many of them.
That′s the...
Liz Weston: The high price of money shame
The U.S. suicide rate has risen dramatically in recent years, and certified money coach Tammy Lally of Washington, D.C., is convinced money shame is...
Expats struggle to get vaccines in Kuwait, citizens come 1st
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In the tiny, oil-rich sheikhdom of Kuwait, the foreigners who power the country's economy, serve its society and make...
From child care to COVID, rising job market faces obstacles
WASHINGTON — A surge in hiring in the United States last month — 916,000 added jobs, the most since August — coincides with...
German unemployment slightly lower in March
BERLIN — Unemployment in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, was slightly lower in March thanks to seasonal factors, official data showed Wednesday. Extensive use of...
Report: Pandemic dealing setbacks to gender parity in jobs
GENEVA — The think tank behind the annual gathering of world leaders in Davos, Switzerland, says the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting gender parity in...
German industrial union, employers reach pay agreement
BERLIN — Germany's biggest industrial union and employers on Tuesday reached a deal that will give workers a one-time “corona bonus” and envisions an...
Sánchez reshuffles Cabinet to have 4 women in top jobs
MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez reshuffled his Cabinet on Tuesday by appointing women to the top positions after one of his deputies...
Path from Clinton to Biden takes U-turn on debt, trade, more
WASHINGTON — When Bill Clinton spoke of how to build a bridge to the 21st century, it was to be constructed with balanced budgets,...
In Brazil, moms are bearing the brunt of pandemic’s blow
RIO DE JANEIRO — When Sao Paulo city officials put out a call last month for 4,500 public school cleaning jobs, targeting Brazilian mothers...